16750. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. 5 Tubs of Butter.
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product released under 
bond.    (F. & D. No. 24009.    I. S. No. 022377.    S. No. 2252.)
On August 26, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 5 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Clearwater Cooperative Creamery 
Association, Clearwater, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped from 
Clearwater, Minn., on or about August 23, 1929, and transported from the State 
of Minnesota into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration and 
misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a sub- 
stance deficient in butterfat had been substituted wholly or in part for the said 
article, and had been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce, lower, or in- 
juriously affect its quality or strength.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article.
On August 28, 1929, John S. Morris & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., having 
appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and for- 
feiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
released to the said claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a 
bond in the sum of $300, conditioned in part that it be reconditioned under the 
supervision of this department.
AETHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.